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| author | Todd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov> | 2020-04-16 10:45:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Todd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov> | 2020-04-16 17:23:33 -0700 |
| commit | f6d26db93949503c5ade08705b015766dc4d9f75 (patch) | |
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| parent | 1f5ef5c8769bd257c73592744f0a305023f142e7 (diff) | |
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macos: use DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH instead of DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
`DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH` can frequently break builtin macOS software when
pointed at Spack libraries. This is because it takes *higher* precedence
than the default library search paths, which are used by system software.
`DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH`, on the other hand, takes lower precedence.
At first glance, this might seem bad, because the software installed by
Spack in an environment needs to find *its* libraries, and it should not
use the defaults. However, Spack's isntallations are always `RPATH`'d,
so they do not have this problem.
`DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH` is thus useful for things built in an
environment that need to use Spack's libraries, that don't set *their*
RPATHs correctly for whatever reason. We now prefer it to
`DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH` in modules and in environments because it helps a
little bit, and it is much less intrusive.
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